The first time an Armenian cucumber showed up in our CSA box, I had no idea what it was. (It was the one day that we didn’t get a newsletter.) This would be less embarrassing if I weren’t part Armenian, and proud of it, but I know zip about the food.
Since we also got other […]
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Gingery Armenian Cucumber Salad (aka Spicy Snake Melon)
Digest: NCIFAP’s factory-farm investigation, Whole Foods resistance
Newswire: The National Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production (NCIFAP), an independent group formed by the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, announced today that it was launching a two-year study of industrial meat production’s various impacts (public health, environmental, animal health and well-being, rural sociological). The NCIFAP’s chairman is John Carlin, former Kansas Governor […]
CSA update: Methow meat arrives
The Butter Bitch and I took delivery of our first shipment from the Crown S meat CSA Sunday. The meat was delivered to the house of Jenni, one of the co-organizers, who also hosted a barbecue and potluck dinner. Crown S provided beef patties, and several people brought salads and dessert. We […]
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